WORKLOAD AND WORK HOURS. 12.1 The normal teaching load is 24 credit hours per academic year with the exception of first year HU faculty who will teach 18 credit hours during their first year of service. Overloads are discouraged by the Higher Learning Commission and other accrediting bodies. However, under exceptional circumstances, overloads may be granted. Faculty members who are asked to teach in excess of 24 hours per academic year will receive overload contracts. For the following workload credits to be applied, the student must be registered for credit. 12.1. a Faculty members shall be given 1 teaching credit hour workload credit for every completed thesis, publishable paper(s), graduate Capstone portfolio, or graduate field project for which they served as supervisor or chair. 12.1. b Faculty members shall earn 0.33 teaching credit hour workload for every independent study, independent research, case study, or directed study for which they were the instructor of record. No faculty member shall accrue more than 1 teaching credit hours under this provision per academic year.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
